Anthony Burrus allegedly made a huge mess after his auto careened through a display featuring hundreds of crosses at Central Park in Henderson, Kentucky.
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He’s facing charges of leaving the scene of a crash and criminal mischief.
The names on the crosses, she said, represent soldiers who died in conflicts or veterans who returned home and later passed, all from the city and county of Henderson.
Tips on Facebook also helped them track down Anthony Burrus, 27. Online jail records do not list an attorney for Burrus.
Authorities say about 160 crosses were damaged at Henderson’s Central Park. Burrus’ 1979 Ford Thunderbird was found abandoned at a McDonald’s parking lot after police found surveillance video of the suspect’s vehicle.
“Richmond said Burrus denied causing the damage in the park, but confirmed he was driving the vehicle earlier this morning and left it after it stopped working”.
The suspect vehicle, a 1979 Ford Thunderbird, was found abandoned at a McDonald’s restaurant – and police said pieces of a cross and stake to hold the cross were found embedded in the tires.
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WFIE reported police were able to locate Burrus at his sister’s apartment.
